The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-05-20

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fine red-horse or Dream or shad or other fish
is dipped out of tho stream, and glideS gently
into the basket.
Saturday night Alex. Duncan and c. C.
Harden were in Americas, and country
negro named Alec got into a dispute with
Mr.. Duncan. The two got together III the
cotton yard of Council s. Williford, and
had a lively boxing bout. Duncan was get
ting the best of it when the negro whipped
! outa knife and gave him an ugly though not
dangerous slash across the temple. They
were separated and the darkey Lit out for
milder climate.
J. R. Gatewood has an English walnut
tree on his place, a few miles from Ameri-
Gus, that is full of nuts. This is the second
year it has borno, and it is thought it viii
| yield ten or twelve bushels. A ten-acre
grove of English walnuts would be profit
able investment for those who have the land
to spare. English walnuts, pecans and
almonds all flourish in this section with
proper care, and would pay handsomely
after coming into bearing.
A party of young men were seining the
mill pond of Henry Daniel in Marion county
| last Saturday, and after they Were through
they went in bathing. Cul Daniels, a
nephew of the mill owner, was drowned in
| some way, either by cramp or by getting
| hitched about the dam. He was about II
| years old, and some say he was swimming
along, when he threw up his hands, called
| for assistance and sank. Other versions say
that he fell from the dam into deep hole
and persisted before assistance could reach
| him.
| 1t is now proposed, and the last grand
| jury advocates the proposal in its last pre-
| sentiments, that a good substantial iron
| bridge be placed across the river at the foot
| of Second street, Macon, thus opening a
communication between East Macon and
| the city proper. This bridge will cost about
$35, 900, according to estimates made some
years ago, which may probably be placed
| SO, 900 lower in these days of low prices.
| The plan proposed is to issue bonds to the
| amount sufficient to cover the cost of the
structure, the bonds to run thirty years at
| 5 per cent.
| Three hundred colored preachers are in
| Brunswick attending b convention of the
| colored Baptist church. On last Sunday
| night the pastor of the colored Baptist
| church informed his congregation that the
| brethren were coming and that sixty of
| them had been provided for, but there were
| yet 240 in the cold for whom he proposed
| taking up a collection, not by passing round
/ the plate, but by having each member of
| the congregation march up to the altar and
| lay his or her offering on the table before
| him. The plan worked admirably and $36
/ were raised
|
| colored woman, was hoeing corn for Baker
| Daniel last Saturday, and awhile before IL
| o'clock Mr.. Daniel went to the house, think
| ing she would be along after awhile, but as
she failed to come when he expected, his
wife said she would go and call her. but the
old woman failed to answer, so she went to
| the field where she was left at work and
found her lying on her face dead. The
Coroner held an inquest Sunday morning,
| and the verdict of the jury was that it was
a natural death, supposed to be the result of
heart disease.
About three miles from Dawson there is
a colored boy with toes shaped like the
claws of a craw fish. The boy is about IL
years old and is hale and hearty, and works
every day in the field as the others of the
family, who are not deformed in any way.
He has only two toes to a foot, which branch
out at the instep, and are about 1-2 or
inches long. The two toes are shaped like
pot hooks, coming nearly together at the
points. The boy can wear shoes, but they
have to be made in a different shape from
: those ordinarily found in the shoe store in
this country.
Charles Thompson, who runs the foundry
at Thomasville, was attacked with hydro
phobia ON Monday afternoon. He was vio-
lent when first attacked, but the attending
physician succeeded in getting him quieted.
Early in the night he grew violent again,
however, and had to be restrained by force.
He would growl like dog, and showed all
} the attendant symptoms of rabies. He was
still alive at last accounts, but his death was
, regarded as inevitable, as no one has ever
| been known to recover from an attack OF
genuine rabies, Mr.. Thompson was bitten
by a little flee dog about two months ago.
l An old mulatto woman named Topsie
5 tried to join one of the colored churches al
Athens lately, but as she was looked upon
lRsar-rl
} was deputized to talk with her and report on
her conversion. 1t seemed that the church
' had unfortunately selected a deacon who
owed old Topsie long standing debt, and
as soon as she saw him her ire was aroused
t and she turned her battery of abuse ano
profanity loose on the deacon and the church
: showering u frightful benediction on the
r congregation as she sailed out of the door
She denounced them as a band of liars
: thieves and hypocrites, and said she would
go and join rival church.
r At Macon Wednesday afternoon at ;
{ o'clock fierce storm of thunder lightning
! rain, wind and hail burst upon the city, anC
S for an hour there was wild work among the
. | elements. The Atlanta train did not pul
4 out until nearly o'clock, the street carr
were compelled to halt and pedestrians werC
r | cut off from communication with the world
Sewers burst, and the Edgerton House ban
: | was flooded depth of several inches. MANY
: | cellars were flooded. Mrs. Victoria COpeS
store was badly damaged by leaking gut
, ters. The streets were so washed and quilted
> that after the cars started run-offs were SC
: frequent that they had to stop and wait fol-
a the track hands to clean up. IL is feared
q that serious damage has been done in the
country around Macon, as the heaviest Of
the storm seemed to be southwest and south
> of the city.
\ At Rome Tuesday night as Sam Jones wa:
4 in the heart of his sermon and preaching in
!, thunder tones against whisky, meanness ano
q devilment, and after he had taken a vote OF
: the liquor question, the alarm of fire was
v given. Jones showed GOODNESS and quiet by
: telling them instantly to keep still The
vast crowd of 5000 people had began
:. to swing and sway and already PEG
pie were beginning to be run over. He
= kept the crowd there and preached to then
: while they were yelling fire all around II
y was pretty nice piece of work, and showed
great tact and skill. The fire was an old
: house out ON the river known as the Perkins
: place. The fire company made good effort
\ to get at the fire, but could not. The fire il
4 supposed 10 have been the work of an incen
diary. The house and all the goods were
Q burned The loss is about 500, with no in
9 surance
At Albany Tuesday morning, about Il
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